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Five Sequim residents reported feeling a magnitude 3.3 earthquake that hit 10 miles north of the Dungeness Spit at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor was centered about 27 miles beneath the surface of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the U.S.-Canada border.

No damage was reported. A quake of this magnitude is among the smallest that people can feel. Scientific details are at www.pnsn.org/req2.

Royalty pageant scheduled

The 2010 Irrigation Festival Royalty Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

Festival royalty are high school students who volunteer their time to work with the festival committee and promote community involvement. They accompany the festival float as it travels to parades throughout the state.

Beach Watchers of Clallam County holds classes for new volunteers from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from April 5-May 26 at the Feiro Marine Life Center on City Pier at the foot of Lincoln Street in Port Angeles. The classes cost $45.

Beach Watchers supports sustainable stewardship of coastal ecosystems through education, research and local action. Class topics include removal of the Elwha dams, invasive species in marine waters, and ways to clean water before it is introduced to the marine environment.

Beach Watchers has a variety of volunteer experiences, from educating the public about marine life in tide pools and taking samples of beach sand to sorting nurdles.

To register, contact David Freed at 565-2619 or DFreed@wsu.edu. For more information about Beach Watchers, visit beachwatchers.wsu.edu/clallam.

Boards seek volunteers

Clallam County Juvenile and Family Service seeks volunteers for its juvenile community diversion boards in Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks.

Citizens must be at least 19 years old and pass a criminal background check.

Community diversion boards review cases of first offenders and develop a contract that will give consequences for his/her actions to help repair the harm done to the community, family and self.

Call 565-2630 or 565-2637.

Support for those who support

A support group for family members, caregivers, friends and loved ones of cancer patients is forming, and potential members will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, at Olympic Medical Cancer Center, 844 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.

Dates and times for the ongoing group will be decided later. Call 582-2845 or 683-9895.

Fun on the Field features more than 20 local nonprofit organizations with hands-on family activities that might range from a bean bag toss to candle-making and horse rides during the festival for July 16-18.

Fun on the Field, on the athletic field adjacent to the street fair, offers umbrella-covered tables, a stage and street performance area, family friendly food, and crafts.

The Clallam County Fire Protection District No. 3 board of commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, March 1, at the district headquarters, 323 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Call 683-4242.

Home Show opens doors

KONP presents its annual Home Show on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28, in the gymnasium complex at Port Angeles High School, 308 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.

Celebrating its 28th anniversary, the show features nearly 200 vendor booths.

Admission is free. KONP offers free shuttle service from the lower parking lots at the high school to the gymnasium complex.

ARC disaster team meets

Tsunami preparedness will be the topic for American Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers at their monthly meeting at 6 p.m. today, Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 151 Ruth's Place, Carlsborg.

Volunteers will be updated on tsunami warnings and preparedness for coastal Washington residents, locations of disaster supplies on the county's west end and protocols when responding to disasters in coastal communities.

Call 457-7933.

Running Start preview

Peninsula College hosts Running Start information nights at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 31, in the lecture hall in the new science and technology building.

Both programs begin with a campus tour, followed by a presentation and panel discussion at 7 p.m. Running Start information nights also will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, at the college's Forks extension site at 71 S. Forks Ave., and 6 p.m. Monday, March 15, in Room D at the Port Townsend extension site at Fort Worden.

Contact 417-6340, 877-452-9277, ext. 3, or www.pencol.edu.

Spaniel club hears speaker

Dr. Melissa Smith presents "Emergency Preparedness for Your Dog" and "Syringomyelia and Your Cavalier" for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of the Northwest, which meets from 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.

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